Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 2.35 City Clerk's Department

There is created, pursuant to the Charter, a functional unit of city government known as the city clerk's department which shall be under the direction and control of the city clerk.

(Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)

The city clerk shall:

A. Attend all meetings of the city council and shall prepare the minutes of such proceedings;

B. Have custody of and be responsible for the city seal and all books, records, papers and archives belonging to the city committed to the clerk's custody;

C. Prepare and maintain an index of all records in the clerk's custody;

D. Administer and supervise the city's records management program;

E. Administer and supervise all municipal elections;

F. Administer all oaths and take affidavits in matters relating to city business;

G. Administer and supervise the publication of legal notices and ordinances of the city;

H. Attest the signatures of city officers on documents that have been executed as authorized by resolution, ordinance or statute;

I. Perform such other duties relating to the office as shall be required of him/her by law, ordinance or the city council.

(Ord. 6820 § 45 (part), 2000; Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)

All assistants, deputies and employees in the department shall be appointed by and may be removed by the city clerk and shall be subject to the direction and control of and perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the city clerk.

(Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)

An indigent candidate for elective office, otherwise qualified under the provisions of Section 1203 of the Charter of the city, may apply for a waiver of the filing fee of $25.00. A declaration for waiver of such fee shall be accepted and the fee waived by the city clerk on the same showing required and accepted for permission to proceed in forma pauperis in the courts of California as provided by Government Code Section 68511.3, as now or hereafter amended. Declarant shall agree to pay such fee from surplus campaign funds, if any, subsequently reported to the city clerk under applicable laws. Such declaration shall be kept confidential by the city clerk.

(Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)